Pack your mat: It’s National Yoga Month

September is National Yoga Month, and whether or not you’re a seasoned yogi or a complete beginner, we’ve discovered beautiful spots in New England — from yoga retreats to seaside resorts that provide yoga courses — the place people of all ranges can get their downward canine on.

BEAT THE RETREAT

Spread over a shocking 150-acre swath within the Berkshires, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health is a hub of holistic health and a go-to resort for all yogis. If you’re on the lookout for steerage, particular schooling and a structured schedule, join one among their themed packages — there are lots of all year long. For instance, you may enroll in “Quiet Your Inner Critic and Calm Your Anxious Mind” Sept. 21-23, “Five Days to Get Om Schooled: A Fall Yoga Immersion,” Sept. 17-21, or “Painting and Yoga in the Berkshires” Sept. 30-Oct. 5.

Or, in case you’re simply trying to unwind and do your personal factor, there’s the make-it-want-you-want “Kripalu R&R” choice. Here you may take a mild yoga class — or not. Just sit again and benefit from the view. Or apply solo by the lakefront seashore, curl up with a guide, sketch, take a guided group hike, or stroll alone. Stay so long as you need.

With both choice, an array of entire food meals are included, as is entry to the fitness middle, climbing trails, and sauna. Rates differ. 57 Interlaken Road, Stockbridge. 800-741-7353. kripalu.org

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Escape to the Canadian border at Sewall House Yoga Retreat, a quaint historic home/B&B in Island Falls, Maine. No prior expertise mandatory; courses are small. Screen-addicts, break away and unplug: telephones aren’t allowed within the widespread areas, though you should use them in your room. Vegetarian meals are included. Wake for pre-breakfast meditation or yoga earlier than tucking into vegetarian pancakes or handmade granola and breads, nut butters, jams and cheese. Aside from yoga, actions embrace mountaineering, biking, horseback driving, kayaking, canoeing, stand-up paddleboarding, plus free time for a therapeutic massage, or studying. You may dine on candy potato lasagna, do-it-yourself bread, farm recent salad, and avocado ice cream earlier than a night Jacuzzi soak. Open by way of Columbus Day. Rates range. 1027 Crystal Road, Island Falls, Maine, 888-235-2395, sewallhouse.com

RETREATING FROM THE RETREAT

If you’re actually simply trying to get your baby’s pose on earlier than enjoyable with wine on vacay, we’ve received you.

Topnotch Resort in Stowe, Vt., isn’t only for skiers. Take a personal or group class on the on-site yoga studio, or attempt aqua yoga, meditation, Pilates or tai chi, guided walks, amongst different choices. Hike or bike close by woodland trails. Take a post-yoga journey to the dreamy spa full with solarium, indoor scorching tub with cascading waterfall, couple’s therapeutic massage suite with hearth, and extra. Grab a craft beer and dine on-site at The Roost, providing meat-lovers and vegetarian choices. Eat breakfast at Flannel for a mountain view with your veggie omelet. Rates range. 4000 Mountain Road, Stowe, Vt. 800-451-8686. www.topnotchresort.com

Greet the morning on the yoga deck at Twin Farms, an all-inclusive luxurious inn in Barnard, Vt. Surrounded by Vermont-in-a-postcard woods, trails, and pond. Take a meditation class, follow yoga within the fitness middle, soak in a standard Japanese furo tub — a scorching soaking pool with woodland view, or head to the spa for a heated blue stone therapeutic massage. Hike or bike on-site trails, or simply curl up by the fireside with a guide and glass of wine. Farm-to-table meals are included within the room price, as is wine, beer, and spirits. Rates differ. 452 Royalton Turnpike, Barnard, Vt. 802-234-9999. www.twinfarms.com/spa.

You’ve heard of goat yoga? Try Goat Island Yoga. At Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina on Goat Island in Newport, R.I., visitors of the posh resort take pleasure in complimentary weekend yoga overlooking Newport harbor. Swim within the indoor pool or follow poses within the fitness middle earlier than enjoyable within the dry eucalyptus sauna, then zen out with a therapeutic massage on the Seawater Spa with waterfront view. 1 Goat Island, Newport. 401-849-2600. www.gurneysresorts.com